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Outside that bubble, a fair number of people have noticed that Keynesian economics has performed spectacularly in the crisis — it successfully predicted that deficits wouldn’t drive up interest rates, that monetary expansion wouldn’t be inflationary, that austerity policies in Britain and elsewhere would hit economic growth. And no, don’t tell me that Keynesians predicted… Continue reading Untitled

U.N. Drone Investigator Might Be a Deadly Robot’s Worst Nightmare

U.N. Drone Investigator Might Be a Deadly Robot’s Worst Nightmare

That carries the possibility of a reckoning with the human damage left by drones, the first such witnessing by the international community. Accountability, Emmerson tells Danger Room in a Monday phone interview, “is the central purpose of the report.”

So, will the administration agree to UN inspections?

Rubin said that she was trying to show how easy it would be to commit voter fraud with just a signature and gets arrested for voter fraud.

Rubin said that she was trying to show how easy it would be to commit voter fraud with just a signature and gets arrested for voter fraud.

Democratic Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, who has called for a photo ID law, slammed Rubin in a statement. “If Ms. Rubin was trying to demonstrate how easy it is to commit voter fraud, she clearly failed and proved just the opposite,”

Is there a political Darwin award? She’s a shoe in.

David Brooks Now Totally Pathological

David Brooks Now Totally Pathological

Many moderate conservatives have simply broken off from the party, at least in its current incarnation, and are hoping or working to build a sane alternative. Those who remain must escape into progressively more baroque fantasies.

Those who think the GOP and the Dems are both equally bad are the 2nd biggest obstacle to fixing the nation’s problems.

Are Butterflies Two Different Animals in One? The Death And Resurrection Theory : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

Are Butterflies Two Different Animals in One? The Death And Resurrection Theory : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

What he’s saying is, while a moth appears to be one animal, with a wormy start and a flying finish, it’s actually two animals — two in one! We start with a baby caterpillar that lives a full life and then dies, dissolves. There’s a pause. Then a new animal, the moth, springs to life, from the same cells, reincarnated.

Place all members of the government under the same healthcare legislation that ordinary citizens are, with no exceptions

Place all members of the government under the same healthcare legislation that ordinary citizens are, with no exceptions

The use of the phrase Members of the Government rather than Government Employees is a tell that you are dealing with a right-wing pseudo-libertarian type. But I agree with the sentiment.